Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Historic Aircraft Collection
Operating from IWM Duxford, the Historic Aircraft Collection (HAC) was formed in 1985 by Guy Black and Angus Spencer-Nairn to restore and operate a collection of piston engined military aircraft.
Hawker Fury F MK1
G-CBZP / K5674
Hawker Nimrod II
G-BURZ / K3661 / 562
Hawker Hurricane XIIa
G-HURI
Spitfire Mk. Vb
G-MKVB
Past and present restorations
All HAC's restoration work is being undertaken by Retrotec Limited, under the control of Guy Black.
Retrotec, formerly Aero Vintage, have been restoring vintage aircraft for over 20 years
Fiesler Storch
G-BPHZ
Under restoration
Hawker Nimrod I
G-BWWK / S1581 / 573 (first flew in July 2000)
Sopwith Pup
N6161 / G-ELRT
Bristol Fighter F2b
D-7889 G-AANM (completed 2006 / First post restoration flight 25/5/2006)
de Havilland DH 9
E-8894 G-CDLI (made its maiden, post-restoration flight at Duxford on 13 May 2019)
Hawker Hind 41H.82971 L7181
(no scheduled completion date as yet)
Hawker Audax K5600
(no scheduled completion date as yet)
Yak 1 1342 G-BTZD
(originally started restoration by Hawker Restorations, now undertaken by Retrotec with no scheduled completion date as yet)